CarpeComa
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ORIGINAL: porcelaine The gender bias on this subject is rather intriguing. The OP is too young to be considered master worthy but a woman in his position is rarely questioned regarding her desire for submission or slavery. Although their life experiences may vary, she's at the same age point as her male counterpart. But we rarely bat an eye in protest. Namaste, ~porcelaine Indeed. While this bias can be defended by saying the master/dom has all this responsibility. The reality is that life isn't *that* difficult and we (collectively) tend to make the assumption that a woman suddenly loses all ability to think for herself when she submits. Which is rather denigrating to women when you think about it. Really, no 'self mastery' is needed to be a dominant beyond behaving like a responsible adult. That degree of self mastery will elude many people for their entire lives, so it's not trivial. It is also nothing that can't be accomplished by the age of majority. Yes, there is more that can be obtained that will have benefits, but just being a responsible adult will do just fine. Very young dominant women do get a little bit of flack, but nowhere near that of men. The supply/demand imbalance there plays a huge role in that. There is definitely a general perception of women being more 'mature' than men at any given age. It would be interesting to develop an objective test for maturity and see if that perception holds. On the porn side of things, immaturity in dominant women is frequently not viewed as a negative. Women are allowed to be bitchy, rude, temperamental, self-absorbed brats and it's frequently considered a good thing. While porn isn't reality, the impulses behind it are the underpinnings of a lot of behavior outside of it.
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